If you need a machine with an ISA slot, rather than buying a new machine, it might be a good idea to check a used computer store. The used computer store at the University of Wisconsin usually has several machines in the 900 Mhz to 1 Ghz range that have ISA slots. If you're running speakup wit a hardware synth, that's plenty fast. Maybe the used computer store at the UW is atypical but I doubt it. I suspect you can still get a used machine with ISA slots fairly easily and fairly cheaply. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 5:52 PM Subject: Re: doubletalk lt > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Randy and all. > > I don't know if it is still possible to get a new pc with an isa > slot. I doubt it, but I would be glad to be corrected by someone who > knows for sure that some company out there still sells new machines > with an isa slot. As I posted here not too long ago, a friend of mine > told me that it is still possible to get a new motherboard today with an > isa slot, but he says they're very expensive. Again, I don't know if > this is actually true or not. If it is true, then even if a company > like Del or Gateway doesn't build machines with an isa slot anymore, > you could still get such a board, and build a machine with an isa slot > yourself, or have someone else build it for you. > > As far as I know, the only pci synth out there today is the > trippletalk, but I don't know if speakup drivers are in development > for that or not. > > Greg > > > On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 04:40:39PM -0600, randy turner wrote: >> >> hi greg, >> do they still build any computers with the older isa slots? >> also has any company built any pci synths that will work in linux? >> what are the choices that are left for linux?? >> thanks in advance >> randy turner >> >> > > > > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFFUm2w7s9z/XlyUyARAjRyAKDGH5hBczg6MoJqBxJ3t9RMsIoIFwCfUgUt > 0gpSWD0h3C//7yJ5ZrAJyHY= > =mTWT > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
